The emergence of science diplomacy as an active area of study and policy consideration has increased its use and users. Concepts such as the role of large-scale infrastructures in science diplomacy and the mechanisms for scientific cooperation needed in undertaking science diplomacy have become...

As the world's problems become more complex, so does the need for cutting-edge science and technology. But some transformational technologies are relatively simple. For example: the toilet. The toilets that Stephanie Lansing, an assistant professor of ecological engineering at the University of...

SAN JOSE, California — Turning a great idea into a successful start-up company requires access to investors, legal expertise, a sound business strategy, and more. Seeking out these resources can be a challenge for novice entrepreneurs, particularly scientists and engineers born outside the United...

Zafra M. Lerman, creator and advocate for the Biennial Malta Conferences , which promote international scientific cooperation and diplomacy by convening scientists from 15 Middle Eastern nations, has been chosen by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to receive the 2014...

A statement released today by AAAS applauds President Obama's plan to establish new diplomatic ties with Cuba, including the announcement of changes that will make it easier for scientists in the two countries to collaborate. The new policy will expand travel to Cuba, facilitating the scientific...

This October, Marga Gual Soler completed a successful six-month term as a visiting research scholar at the AAAS Center for Science Diplomacy. Gual Soler investigated science diplomacy practices and mechanisms in Latin America. Her research focused on intergovernmental research networks consisting...

Science is becoming a more collaborative enterprise, but it must "function in a coherent global way" if it is to meet massive challenges such as climate change and managing energy and water resources, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner said at the Euroscience Open Forum in Copenhagen. In a 25 June...

news_20140630_science-diplomacy_full-group.jpg Participants the in first-ever AAAS-TWAS course on science diplomacy, held in Trieste, Italy | photo by Ezio Vuck This piece is republished with permission from TWAS.org . Along the fortified border between Poland and Belarus, in the Bialowieża...